God

Job 22:22-27
Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart. . . .

Job 27:8, 9
For what hope has the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? . . .

Proverbs 15:8, 29
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight. . . .

Proverbs 28:9
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.

Ecclesiastes 5:1-3
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. . . .

Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.

Hosea 7:14
They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.

Hosea 8:2, 3
Israel cries out to Me, "O our God, we know You!" . . .

Matthew 6:7
And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

Matthew 20:21, 22
"What do you want?" He asked. She answered, "Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine will sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left." . . .

James 4:3
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

regard

Job 30:20
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

Psalm 102:17
He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

Amos 5:22
Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle, I will have no regard.